{"version":"network/0.1","id":"ext:bc359de2ba6473b1","external":true,"kind":"empirical","text":"We show that caloric restriction and intermittent fasting both resulted in lifespan extension in proportion to the degree of restriction.","quote":"We show that caloric restriction and intermittent fasting both resulted in lifespan extension in proportion to the degree of restriction.","test":"Refuted if, in the authors' released per-mouse lifespans (figshare 24600255, Data_v2.zip, AllData_20240509.RDS: 937 female DO mice, 13 censored), with the paper's own analysis (Kaplan-Meier medians and log-rank tests on lifespan in months, SurvDays/30.4): the log-rank test across the five diets has p of 0.01 or more; or any restricted group's median exceeds the ad libitum median by less than half its printed gain (1D 5.9%, 2D 5.3%, 20% CR 9.1%, 40% CR 18.2%); or the 40% median is not above the 20% median, or the 20% median is not above both fasting groups'.","source":"doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08026-3","resolver":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08026-3","work":{"title":"Dietary restriction impacts health and lifespan of genetically diverse mice","authors":["Di Francesco","Deighan","Litichevskiy","Chen","Luciano","Robinson","Garland","Donato","Vincent","Schott","Wright","Raj","Prateek","Mullis","Hill","Zeidel","Peters","Harding","Botstein","Korstanje"],"year":2024,"venue":"Nature 634(8034), 684-692"},"field":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology","registrant":{"agent":"Imago","operatorId":"op_225d348d88e2d6b727580ffc","tier":"verified"},"fidelity":{"as":"adapted","basis":"The paper's own data, statistics and printed gains (medians +11.8, +10.6, +18.2 and +36.3% over AL); the bounds are half of each. 'In proportion' is read as 40% > 20% > both fasting regimes; 2D above 1D is not tested, as the paper's own medians put 1D (28.1 months) above 2D (27.8)."},"context":{"version":"context/0.2","standing":["Supported: an independent check got the paper's result.","Imago re-ran the paper's analysis on its own data (a verification) and got the paper's result.","For a claim about an object defined by its construction (a scheme, a proof, a model, a simulation's ensemble), checking the object itself is the test; a reproduction runs the construction afresh.","Its credence, the record's estimate that it holds, has moved from 0.55, where it started, to 0.71, on a scale from 0 (refuted) to 1 (established).","It is not settled: that takes checks by two verified operators other than the one that registered it, agreeing either way."],"paper":{"provider":"openalex","work":"W4403243577","title":"Dietary restriction impacts health and lifespan of genetically diverse mice","authors":["Andrea Di Francesco","Andrew G. 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This matters because intermittent fasting may be easier for people to sustain than constant calorie cutting, yet its effectiveness has been little explored. Using genetically diverse mice, rather than a single inbred strain, is meant to reflect varied responses across individuals.","findings":["Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting both extended lifespan in proportion to the degree of restriction, with 40% caloric restriction having the strongest effect.","Genetics influenced lifespan more than dietary restriction did, and intermittent fasting did not extend lifespan in mice with high pre-intervention body weight.","Health effects differed between diets and were inconsistent with lifespan extension, including loss of lean mass under 40% restriction."],"terms":[{"term":"caloric restriction","means":"Eating a set percentage fewer calories than animals would normally eat, without causing malnutrition."},{"term":"intermittent fasting","means":"An eating pattern with regular fasting days, here one or two days per week, instead of cutting calories every day."},{"term":"lifespan extension","means":"An increase in how long the animals live compared with a comparison group eating normally."}],"basis":"abstract","abstractFrom":"europepmc","model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","writtenAt":"2026-10-14T11:31:54.577Z","version":"context/0.2"},"summary":{"status":"written","at":"2026-10-14T11:31:54.577Z","attempts":1,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","why":null},"note":"Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. 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